biostudies-literatureUnknownPalting JDA new firefly-mimicking lichen moth of the genus <i>Hypoprepia</i>, <i>H.lampyroides</i> Palting & Ferguson, <b>sp. n.</b>, is described from the mountains of east-central Arizona and the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. <i>Hypoprepia</i> Hübner, 1831 is a North American genus of lithosiine tiger moths, previously consisting of five species: <i>H.fucosa</i> Hübner, 1831 and <i>H.miniata</i> (Kirby, 1837), both of eastern and central North America; <i>H.cadaverosa</i> Strecker, 1878 from the Rocky Mountains into New Mexico and west Texas; <i>H.inculta</i> H. Edwards, 1882, a widespread western USA species and <i>H.muelleri</i> Dyar, 1907 from the vicinity of Mexico City. The latter is herein synonymized under <i>H.inculta</i> (= <i>H.muelleri</i> <b>syn. n.</b>), resulting in the total number of taxa in the genus unchanged at five.ZooKeys19-38https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6189220biostudies-literatureA new species of <i>Hypoprepia</i> from the mountains of central Arizona (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini).PMC6189220Ferguson DCPalting JDMoore WfalseA new species of <i>Hypoprepia</i> from the mountains of central Arizona (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini).A new firefly-mimicking lichen moth of the genus <i>Hypoprepia</i>, <i>H.lampyroides</i> Palting & Ferguson, <b>sp. n.</b>, is described from the mountains of east-central Arizona and the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. <i>Hypoprepia</i> Hübner, 1831 is a North American genus of lithosiine tiger moths, previously consisting of five species: <i>H.fucosa</i> Hübner, 1831 and <i>H.miniata</i> (Kirby, 1837), both of eastern and central North America; <i>H.cadaverosa</i> Strecker, 1878 from the Rocky Mountains into New Mexico and west Texas; <i>H.inculta</i> H. Edwards, 1882, a widespread western USA species and <i>H.muelleri</i> Dyar, 1907 from the vicinity of Mexico City. The latter is herein synonymized under <i>H.inculta</i> (= <i>H.muelleri</i> <b>syn. n.</b>), resulting in the total number of taxa in the genus unchanged at five.2018-01-01T00:00:00Z20182024-11-14T21:04:10.809Z2019-03-27T00:03:35ZS-EPMC61892203033782110.3897/zookeys.788.26885